Special Education Teacher at Björknäs Adapted Primary School, Nacka Municipality

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Do you want to grow together with us? Björknäs Adapted Primary School is expanding its operations with an additional class and is therefore seeking a special education teacher. With us, you'll become part of an engaged team with low staff turnover and high competence. We have fun together, support each other, and believe in every student's potential to develop. Your direct manager is trained as a special education specialist and actively works to create good conditions for both students and employees. Here you'll receive support, collegial learning, several special education teacher colleagues, and excellent opportunities to develop in your profession. Welcome to Björknäs Adapted Primary and Secondary School Björknäs Adapted Primary and Secondary School serves students with various disabilities. The school has an accessible outdoor area that is shared with our adapted preschool. At our adapted primary school, we have three classes with five to seven students in each class, which enables high staff density and instruction where each child is given the right conditions to develop. We use AAC (augmentative and alternative communication), clarifying pedagogy, and digital tools to increase independence among our students. Read more about us here. Your Assignment As a special education teacher, you will be a mentor for a class of five to six students with autism and moderate intellectual disability who primarily study subject areas within adapted primary education. The class is mixed-age and currently consists of students in grades F-2. Over time, instruction may also take place in other classes within our adapted primary and secondary school. Together with colleagues, you are responsible for students' entire school day, which includes instruction, breaks, lunch, and transitions. As a special education teacher, you teach in all subjects except music and physical education. Instruction takes place both individually and in small groups. You are responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction based on the curriculum and school laws. You observe, document, and follow up on students' development. The role also includes conducting pedagogical assessments as well as implementing and analyzing screenings and other evaluations. You have a central role in a work team at the primary school, where you lead and mentor several student assistants in special education matters and daily pedagogical work. You work as a team but maintain close contact with the school's student health team, school management, and other work teams. The school employs four additional special education teachers and a special education specialist with overall responsibility. You meet regularly and collaborate on student matters, planning, assessment, pedagogical development, and systematic quality work. You stay updated on current research in special education and share your theoretical knowledge and pedagogical expertise. The role also includes mentorship, development conversations, and ongoing contact with guardians. You lead meetings with students and guardians to inform them about and discuss chosen interventions and collaborate on students' needs with other stakeholders, both within and outside the school. Your Experience For this position, you must have: teacher certification special education teacher or special education specialist degree experience working as a special education teacher experience working at an adapted school experience teaching students on the autism spectrum who study subject areas at an adapted school experience working with children/youth with intellectual disability, mobility impairment, and/or combination of various neurodevelopmental diagnoses experience with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) good ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing. It is meritorious if you also have: special education teacher training with specialization in intellectual disability experience leading student assistants or similar good digital competence with experience using digital educational materials knowledge of and experience working with clarifying pedagogy. Are you the right fit? To succeed in this role, you need to have both interest and ability to collaborate, communicate, and build good relationships with students, guardians, and colleagues. Your knowledge, professionalism, and relationship-building ability create security, trust, and a good foundation for learning. You like to take your own initiative and start activities without waiting for instructions. At the same time, you easily handle different tasks, work methods, and situations and adapt to changing circumstances, always with the students' and the organization's best interests in focus. As a leader, you are clear, confident, and attentive. You create engagement, participation, and joy of work for both students and student assistants. We place great importance on personal suitability. What We Offer Björknäs Adapted Primary and Secondary School offers you a pleasant and inspiring workplace in the scenic Saltsjö-Boo area, close to Björknäs center. You have easy access to public transportation and good opportunities for free parking. We are a well-functioning operation with clear structures that we continuously develop to give our students the best possible conditions. As a special education teacher with us, you become part of an engaged team of certified teachers, special education teachers, and student assistants. You get to collaborate with competent, solution-focused, and supportive colleagues who enjoy sharing experiences and believe in collegial learning. We offer continuous professional development and internal training in AAC, clarifying pedagogy, and digital tools. You will also receive support from the central Child and Student Health Services in the form of specialist knowledge, systems, equipment, guidance, and training. As a new employee, you receive a thorough introduction and a mentor who supports you into the role. As an employee of Nacka Municipality, you have access to benefits including a wellness allowance of 3,000 SEK per year, the option to purchase SL transit cards through payroll deduction, and diverse internal support services. Interested? We recruit without a personal letter and assess applications based on your CV and your answers to questions that you will respond to as part of the application process. Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis during the application period. Welcome to submit your application by June 23, 2026!

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Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Nacka

Address

Granitvägen 13-17

GPS

59.310377686341, 18.171530191824copyopen in

Phone

070-4318974

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Published

10. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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